What will people say?

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You like sketching and painting, you have been secretly dreaming of being an artist one day. One fine day you walk up to your parents and tell them you want to pursue a career in fine arts. The typical response is “Just because you do some silly sketching in your notebook you won’t become M.F. Hussain.”

You are young may be not strong enough from within to go against your cynics. Years go by, you graduate. You end up taking a job that pays you well. But your heart is still not into it. You again make an attempt to discuss the situation with your folks. The response you receive is, “What? You gone crazy?  What will people say?”

“What will people say?” is not just you hear your folks saying.... Even the neighbouring aunty who just happens to be an eternal visitor to your house to borrow sugar and milk every third day of the week also has the same response when she hears it too. Cynics are like rodents, you think you have ignored one and you will face hundreds may be even thousands the next moment.

I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who have been in this kind of situation. “What will people say?” syndrome kills what could have been a beautiful life.

Everyone wants to do something that their heart desires. But only a few actually do it. And the ones who do are the ones who don’t feel demotivated by the cynics.

Well everyone may not become M. F. Hussain, William Shakespeare, Michael Jackson, Salman Rushdie, Picasso, Mozart.....maybe someone would like to be a businessman and entrepreneur like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg....... (You can keep adding names to the list.) The point is no one actually aspires to be them, what everyone wants is to become what their heart desires, create their own identities.

I know the world won’t change drastically tomorrow morning just because I wrote about it in my post tonight. I feel I have reached a point where it hardly matters what the world thinks.

Last night I remember chatting with a pal of mine who seems to be sailing in the same boat as me. The transcript of the conversation is as below;

****** The Beginning******

HE: I don’t know where this madness will lead me?

ME: It’s ok dude... just go with the flow. That’s what I have always done... Madness is a must to survive... else we are just another dead meat...  and no matter how hard we try... we will never be the dead meat for sure...

HE: I Like it... I Like it... LOL :-)

ME: LOL :-) .... Cheers to good life!

****** The End******

I know where I’m headed.....  Well may be not really sure where it will lead to.... Life has its own share of mysteries... It’s always exciting to unwrap the gifts you get along the journey...

All I got to say folks the choice is always yours.... You pick what suits you best.... It’s either madness or dead meat! LOL :D

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--------- VJ  Says ~ Cheers and Peace ---------